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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Radio Icon George Taylor Morris who was most recently the daily morning host on XM Satellite Radio's 'Deep Tracks' classic rock channel and was the primary host of the company's "XM Artist Confidential" series, an all-star interview program that featured music stars ranging from Paul McCartney and Willie Nelson to Faith Hill and the late folk great Odetta, passed away at his home in Reston, Virginia, from throat cancer. He was 62. George Taylor Morris...
RESTON, Va., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), a Reston-based technology services firm, has been named the recipient of the prestigious United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) for Virginia. HPTi has attained the Medallion of Performance Excellence, the program's highest honor. No organization has achieved this level of quality maturity since 2006. "SPQA has been a wonderful experience for HPTi," commented Tim Keenan, HPTi's president. We...
NVTC Presents Technology Town Hall Forum, Hosted by Microsoft HERNDON, Va., March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the largest technology council in the nation, announced today there will be a Technology Town Hall Forum, hosted by Microsoft, featuring all four candidates for Governor of Virginia. The forum will take place on Friday, April 3 at the Microsoft Offices in Reston, VA. (Logo:...
Nationwide tour to impact the lives of one million families offering strategies for living a healthier life in these tough economic times PLEASANTON, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jamie McManus, Shaklee Corporation's Chief Medical Officer, will help launch a nationwide campaign this month to promote an opportunity that seeks to offer better health and economic support to one million families in 2009. The Infinite Possibilities tour comes to the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA, on...
Controversial. Honest. Attacked by Lou Dobbs. Pro-Immigrant. Anti-protectionist. Technology Leader to Talk on Economy in Crisis and the Role of the Technology Industry HERNDON, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the largest technology council in the nation, announced today that Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), will keynote the Titans Series Breakfast on March 13. (Logo:...
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) today announced the first round of companies selected to present at its upcoming conference scheduled for March 11-12th at the Intercontinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 40 showcase companies from around the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions will present at SEVC 09. Showcase companies will range from pre-IPO firms for the NASDAQ sponsored late stage showcase to earlier stage high growth firms....
By Todd Hartman The move by state regulators to reverse course on tough wildlife protections proposed for oil and gas operators grew out of a recent series of meetings between the parties convened by Gov. Bill Ritter's office. Ritter's chief of staff, Jim Carpenter, conducted the meetings in late July and August to bring feuding parties closer together on proposed rules to protect wildlife from an energy boom spreading across areas of northwestern Colorado rich with deer and elk herds. The...
A cloud of disappointment hovers over the Mississippi Delta following the Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a $220 million flood-control initiative known as the Yazoo Backwater Pump. The decision, however, reflects not only a victory for the environment but a recognition of fiscal realities, as well. The Yazoo project has long been targeted by the National Wildlife Federation and Taxpayers for Common Sense. The NWF has called for reforms within the Corps of Engineers to eliminate...
A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S. and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources such as oil and gas and control over activities such as mining.Both countries will use the resulting data to establish the outer limits of the continental shelf, according to the criteria set out in the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The extended continental shelf, the seafloor and subsoil beyond 200 nautical miles from shore that meet those...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- High school principals strongly believe that music education promotes the academic success of their students, according to a study released by NAMM and MENC: The National Association for Music Education. A key finding of the study, conducted by Harris Interactive, shows that the vast majority of school administrators interviewed believe that music education has a powerful and lasting impact upon their students, making music education an essential...
